Mana PoIsoning..

Legacy Budget Casual Cruel Control Land Destruction Mono-Black

Metroid_Hybrid

Creature (8)

• 2x Quag Vampires
• 2x Royal Assassin
• 4x Stalker Hag

Land (20)

• 4x Piranha Marsh
• 16x Swamp

Enchantment (20)

• 3x Blight
• 4x Contaminated Ground
• 1x Corrupted Zendikon
• 4x Evil Presence
• 4x Pooling Venom
• 4x Seizures

Artifact (2)

• 2x Mana Web

Instant (10)

• 2x Dark Ritual
• 4x Dash Hopes
• 4x Grasp of Darkness

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Quag Vampires

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Corrupted Roots

Artifact (4)

• 4x Demon's Horn

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Something that I originally thought up on a whim for a causal-themed Legacy deck built around Swampwalk.. But quickly evolved into something else that would be really irritating to play against..

..Death by Mana Burn..

What you have before you is an enchantment-heavy deck, built to actually punish an opponent for using their own mana.. Every turn you're making your opponent's mana work against them (and thus limiting their options); generally by turning either it into Swamps ( Evil Presence ), causing damage when tapped ( Pooling Venom ), both (Contaminated Ground), or by causing it to be outright destroyed (when tapped)( Blight ).. Not to mention a well placed Dash Hopes could ruin anybody's day.. And if they do manage to get a creature out, then Seizures , Grasp of Darkness , and Royal Assassin (most of all..) effectively provides additional punishment and field control..

A couple of specific subsitutions invovling the sideboard:

Corrupted Roots -- replaces Pooling Venom if I'm facing against a Green and/or White Deck.. (As it basically does the same effect for (1) less.. But only to Forests and/or Plains..)

&

Demon's Horn -- replaces Evil Presence if I'm playing against another Mono-Black Deck as it would be absolutely worthless to turn a swamp--into a Swamp!!.. The main weakpoint I see in this deck, but this would help keep pace with whatever craziness they dish out while their mana slowly kills them..

OR

Inthe case of both; where my opponent(s) happens to mix black with green and/or white, then Corrupted Roots will replace Evil Presence ..

Date added	12 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Rares 11 - 8 Uncommons 29 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.00
Folders	favorite, Budget Legacy, Mono Black, Decks to Make